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Flipkart partners with eDAO to launch virtual shopping experience in metaverse
Created using eDAO's pioneering Web3 tech stack, the company said Flipverse would offer gamified, interactive and immersive shopping experiences for consumers in a digital world by giving them access to their favourite brands, Supercoins and digital collectibles.
Instagram video shared by The Wire set up to manufacture evidence: Meta
In an update, the social network said that the video, which The Wire claims is evidence that their false allegations are true, in fact depicts an externally-created Meta Workplace account "that was deliberately set up with Instagram's name and brand insignia in order to deceive people".
Meta's virtual legs update not on Horizon Worlds VR yet
The fact that their bodies are just floating in the virtual world without any legs confuses many people, reports TechCrunch.
The avatars of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the company and another executive, Aigerim Shorman, were seen bouncing and kicking during the 'Meta Connect' conference demo.
Meta to shut 'Instant Articles' format on Facebook in early 2023
Earlier this month, Meta announced to shut down its newsletter product called Bulletin for creators and writers by early 2023. Meta said it will refocus resources from Bulletin to work on its discovery algorithm, that the company is building to take on Chinese short-form video TikTok.
SC refuses to entertain WhatsApp-Meta pleas against CCI probe into privacy policy
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing WhatsApp, submitted that the Personal Data Protection Bill is coming and the Solicitor General told the Constitution bench to hear privacy policy matter in January. He said, "if a constitutional court finds that my policy is okay and consistent with the law, this cannot go on."
Instagram brings new age verification test to Indian users
If someone attempts to edit their date of birth on Instagram from under the age of 18 to 18, or over, in India, the company will now require them to verify their age using one of two options: upload their ID or record a video selfie. "We're testing this so we can make sure teens and adults are in the right experience for their age group.
Several Facebook users, including Mark Zuckerberg, loose many followers
Mark Zuckerberg's follower count is below 10,000 after losing over 119 million followers. Several users took microblogging platform Twitter to complain about the issue. "Facebook created a tsunami that wiped away my almost 900,000 followers and left only 9000 something on the shore. I kind of like Facebook's comedy," popular author Taslima Nasreen tweeted.
Meta slams The Wire publication for publishing 'fabricated' stories
"These stories are fabrications. The stories are simply incorrect about the cross-check programme, which was built to prevent potential over-enforcement mistakes. It has nothing to do with the ability to report posts, as alleged in the article," Meta (formerly Facebook) Chief Information Security Officer Guy Rosen posted.
Now Twitter locks rapper Kanye West as Elon Musk welcomes him
West surfaced on Twitter for the first time since November 2020, tweeting "Look at this Mark, How you gone kick me off Instagram, You used to be my n***a", along with a blurry image of himself and Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg singing karaoke. "The account in question has been locked due to a violation of Twitter's policies," a Twitter spokesperson told The Verge on Sunday.
Zuckerberg sets for 'Meta Connect' amid quality issues with VR project
The company will organised Meta Connect' virtual conference on October 11 for developers, creators, tech enthusiasts and others. Zuckerberg will share share updates on the VR developer ecosystem, the progress building toward the metaverse, and 'Project Cambria', a new high-end VR headset with mixed reality. "If you have a Meta Quest 2 headset, you can register to attend in VR in Meta Horizon Worlds," said the company.
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